Glozhene Monastery The monastery is located near the village of Glozhene, Teteven Municipality, Lovech District, 12 km from the town of Teteven. It is located on the northeastern slope under the stone cliffs of Kamen Lisets Peak (1073 m) The approach to the entrance to the monastery was blocked by rocks that were broken off to make way for a road later, and deep ravines descend from its other sides. Thus, it is seen from afar as if perched on a rock, which distinguishes it from other Bulgarian monasteries, usually built in closed, secret places. The view in all directions is remarkable The monastery was founded at the beginning of the 13th century. Tradition says that the monastery was built by the Kiev prince George Glozh, who came to Bulgaria, chased by the Tatars, and Tsar Ivan Asen II offered him land here. According to another version of the legend, the prince and his retinue helped Ivan Asen II to overthrow Boril, who had ascended to the throne, and as a token of gratitude, he received this land. On it, at today's location, in 1223 he founded a settlement and it was called Glozhene. High on a rock he also built a monastery, resembling an impregnable medieval castle fortress - the Glozhene Monastery. According to legend, the prince began to build the monastery down below, but the icon of Saint George, which they brought from their homeland, disappeared and appeared up on the rocks; they took this as a sign and built it there. It is a historical fact that Ivan Asen II regained his father's throne after about 10 years of exile, mainly in the Russian lands, leaving from Kiev in 1217, with the help of Russian retinues, and that they at least partially remained in Bulgaria. It is also possible that the land was part of the personal possessions of someone from the royal family Asenevtsi and the names in the area are related to the donations that Ivan Asen II made to the Glozhene Monastery. In all cases, the toponymy of the area is associated with the times of Asenevtsi. There is not much information about the history of the monastery during the Ottoman invasion and after the fall of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom. The building and the church were not destroyed, nor even the tower. During the Ottoman rule, the Monastery opened a number of monastic schools. It is assumed that the school in the monastery itself existed since its founding and continued to prepare novices for monks, priests and teachers with small interruptions until the Liberation; the teachers were the monks themselves, and church books were used as textbooks. In the nearby village of Malak Izvor, he opened a monastery with a monastic school. In Lovech, the Glozhen Monastery also opened its own monastery, and to it – the first monastic mixed school in the city. For it, it engaged the best teachers in this region: teacher Pavlin (a Serb), Hristo P. Popovich, teacher Kosta, teacher Ruscho, priest Lukan, Parashkeva Neykova, who taught boys and girls, and then only girls.